Tranquillity High School - Tule Yearbook (Tranquillity, CA)

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Lettermen: Betty Jefferson, Almeta Shelton, Anita Palacios, Billy Beginners, Kneeling: Wanda Miller, Winifred McGinnis, Norman Ayers Gianconi, Edward Nolan, Bill Sawyer, Lee Nolan. Standing: Geraldine Ray, Mary Jo Berry, Carla Pittman, Shirley Herman 7mm Although the l95O tennis team was unable to compete in league com- petition because the courts were not erected, the lettermen from i949 are recognized, and Mr. Ruch, their coach, is duly proud of them, as he is of the coming stars who will use the new courts. Mr. John Dahl, Instructor On mat Coach John Dahl, Reymundo Jacques, Hershell White, Noe Lopez, Dan Hayes, wrestling, Earl Morgan and Richard Smithj Standing : Ralph Piatt, Lawrence Dickens, Frank- lin Hansen, Jack Applewhite, Billy Deal, Marvin Arcelus, Ignacio Silva, Perfecto Navarette, Donnie Elms, Darrell Fletcher, Mike Estrada. As Coach John Dahl launched his veteran grapplers into their second year of wrestling, having introduced it to T.U.l-l.S. in l948, and welcomed the new grunters he and his charges brought addi- tional honors to our noble institution by competing with the larger schools ot Fresno with moderate success. The local sons showed that in the event wrestling is included in the league sports sched- ule, old Alma Mater will definitely contend for the kudoes.

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'Us Coach John Marshall Robert Collins Billy Hedman Joseph Martin Martin Barcellos Buddy Barron Dick Cowger Edward Adney Upper: Bruce Harralson Lower: Billy Prater Richard Knight Dick Cowger Earl Morgan Charles Marquez Elbert Hayes Weak The T. U. H. S. track men capped the i950 season by winning the Class C championship of the Sierra League in Rat- cliffe Stadium on May l7, l95O. The B track team placed second in the final meet, The teams attended the following meets during the season: The Dos Palos Invita- tional Track and Field Carnival, the Sierra Division County Meet at Kingsburg, the Sierra Division Valley Meet at Lemoore and the Sierra Division League Meet. Billy Prater, dynamic and versatile class C performer along with Dan Hayes, bril- liant B class sprinter and hurdler were the big guns on the Tiger track team. Bruce Harralson was the outstanding A man. Prater, in the big valley meet, tied for first in the high jump, took second in the pole vault with a leap of lO' 7 and took sec- ond in the lO8 low hurdles, thus qualifying for the Central Section Finals at Madera in all three events. Hayes won the volley lOO yd. dash in record equalling time of lO.4 seconds, also qualifying, At the time of this writing the Central Section Finals Meet at Madera, in which only the top athletes compete, had not yet been run off. With two such fine performers in this class- ic, the Tigers wrote a fitting climax to the i950 season.

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U. Z. Glmaw First period: Sitting: Phyllis Martinez, Lulla Story Lily Quintana, Edwina Carvalho, Eula Clark, Ruth Pickens, Virginia Collins, La Wanda Collins. Standing: Miss Armstrong, instructor, Veda Davis, Anita Palacios, Dorothy Churchill, Fae Huey, Lee Cowger, Eloise Gutierrez, Zelma Burns Judy Jennings, Ruby York, Betty Starr. Second period: Row one: Alice Rodriguez, Nadean Gow- ens, Shirley Landrum, Jo Ann Frazier, Mary Jo Berry, Winifred McGinnis, Annie Coursey, Rosie Nave. Row two: Gerry Keen, Carla Pittman, Joyce Shirley, Wanda Miller Frances Miller, Ruth Holmes. Standing: Mary Hernandez, Aurora Ramirez, Elsie Bernard, Norma Ayers, Virginia Finn, Sue Parker, Kathy Cates, Betty Jefferson, Rosemary Prater, Rose Lima, Nellie Sotelo, Do- lores Martinez, Frances Camarena, Miss Armstrong. Third period: Seated: Eva Hernandez, Wilma Williams, Katherine Milligan, Lenora- Noble, Pauline Sizemore, Mary Cogburn, Gerry Ray. Kneeling: Jo Ann Harrison, Betty Allen, Hazel Boyd, Lily Leonard, Eleanor Weathers, Nita De Shields, Esther Fer- nandez, Zella Griffin Billy Dee Wood, Maxine Pearson. Standing: Mary Kites, Phyllis Prater, Frieda Ireland, Nina Rocha, Elsie Silva, Betty Lenox, Margaret Enriquez, Shir- ley Selzer, Mary Williams, Jenna Rogers, Beverly Hansen, Molly Sena Frances Spradley, Miss Armstrong. Fourth period: Seated: Shirley Herman, Shirley Wood, Georgia Ray, Derotha Blythe, Gerry Smith, Janet Alavezos. Kneeling: Joan McKean, Bernice Carval- ho, Oneta Gaither, Irene Box, Gwen Davis, Barbara Leonard Aina John- son, Pearl Daggs, Helen Miniares. Standing: Mildred Rodriguez, Dolores Hernandez, Sally Hammonds, Inez Coates, Mary Nolan, Jo Ann Cooper, Virginia Alexander, Karen Kruse, Mary Huffman, Joyce Sullivan, Lois Meeks Norma Cox, Evelyn Silviera, Eva Meeks, Genieva Moore.